CVE-2015-6806

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None

Description

The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2015-6806

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2015-09-28T20:59:06

Last Modified Date
2019-06-02T18:29:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_screen::::::::	1	OR		4.3.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713	Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=b7484c224738247b510ed0d268cd577076958f1b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/11	Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/4
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3996-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00001.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6806
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6806

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:51:06				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 06:32:39	2015-09-28T20:59Z	2015-09-28T20:59:06	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 06:32:39		2019-06-02T18:29:00	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 06:32:39		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated